Sparta had two kings, one stayed in Sparta and one lead the army in war. The king would command from the front where his heroic deeds could be celebrated, Leonidas is a prime example of this. Spartan kings seem to have worn the transverse crest, as surviving carving seems to show this as dyed in…
The term ‘Spartan’ should only be used to donate the hoplites from the principal city of Sparta; the hoplites employed from other territories on the Peloponnese were ‘Lakedaimonian’. There is a widely held belief that the Spartans wore only bronze armour. This is not true, although due to their hoplite profession they are likely to…
Originally conceived as an infantry support tank, the D1 instead became the main battle tank of the French army during the 1930s. Serving in North Africa, in defence of France during the German invasion of 1940 and ultimately during the battle of Kasserine Pass in 1943. The result of the French need for a Light…
Adding extra punch to your early and mid-war German forces is this 5cm Granatenwerfer team The 5cm Model 36 Granatenwerfer entered service in 1936 with the purpose of being able to engage pockets of enemy resistance beyond the range of manually thrown grenades. Due to it’s complicated telescopic sights and limited range the Model 36…
With the forthcoming release of our long-awaited Pike & Shotte rulebook drawing close, we have a special offer on the basic building blocks of any ECW or TYW army – the plastic cavalry and infantry box sets. For a limited time the Royalist and Parliamentarian infantry and cavalry sets will be available as a ‘Buy 3,…
One of the finest sights in wargaming are the serried ranks of pike that fill Macedonian armies (and those of several other armies in the period). Our eagerly-anticipated plastic phalangites are now here! Philip II, father of Alexander the Great, spent much of his youth as a hostage at Thebes, where he studied under the…
Following on from the release of the Ancient Greek Hoplites and Spartans plastic boxed sets are these linen and bronze-armoured soldiers from the Classical period. The hoplite phalanx of the Classical periods in Greece (approx. 750-350 BCE) was a formation in which the hoplites would line up in close order ranks. Shields locked together the…
Adding more presence and variety to the front line of your hoplite phalanx, these three Greek commanders will add steely discipline to your troops as they face down their enemies up close and personal. One of these metal models holds his sword aloft whilst the other two carry the trademark hoplite spear. All three carry…
Producing undoubtedly the best shield design transfers on the market, Little Big Men Studios have turned their artistic talent towards producing several sets for our new plastic Greeks and Spartans – there’s even a Theban sheet! We’ll let the wonderful artwork speak for themselves… These sheets are £4 each and are worth every penny as…
Oh, so you Allied players want something to knock out the German big cats, eh? Rumbling towards the front line are these two M10 tank destroyers! We have the US M10 Tank Destroyer and the British M10 Wolverine – essentially the same vehicle but with different crews. Based on the proven and numerous M4 Sherman…
Andy Hobday